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Friday Letter Everything must goAnglo Irish Bank wants to offload its roughly $10 billion portfolio of US property loans in one fell swoop. Given private equity real estate’s finest are arranging themselves into bidding consortiums, the omens look good that its wish will be granted.
- Friday Letter Market timing
Despite the poor stock performance of its private equity rivals, the time may be ripe for Carlyle to go public.
- Friday Letter Moment for liquidity
What a recent hire by TPG tells us about the way the big guns of private equity are approaching this market.
- Friday Letter Take me back to the 1940s
A global economist at a PERE event in Amsterdam makes an intriguing comparison between the times we’re in now and America during and after World War II. Then, as now, was not all bad.
- Friday Letter A time for reflection...and voting
As the year draws to a close and we reflect on the industry’s many highlights, it is the perfect time to cast your vote for the firms and individuals that stood out from the crowd.
- Editor's Letter: What is real
Like you, we see evidence of growing optimism across the market, much of which is evident in our coverage this month. PERE magazine September 2010 issue
- Emerging markets 2010
Money is flowing into the emerging markets. But don’t be fooled: these economies can take it, writes Toby Mitchenall.
- TPG gets green light on SDB sale
Ping An Insurance has received regulatory approval to purchase TPG’s 17% stake in Shenzhen Development Bank. The acquisition will be paid in Ping An shares and looks set to make TPG at least an 8x return on its initial investment.
- Starwood makes ‘better’ offer for Extended Stay
A Starwood Capital-led consortium has reportedly made a ‘better’ offer than rival Centerbridge Partners and Paulson & Co. for the bankrupt hotel operator. Starwood’s bid was delivered Monday, the last day to submit competing bids.
- Starwood close to deal for Extended Stay
A Starwood Capital-led consortium is reportedly nearing a deal to receive $2.2bn in financing from Goldman Sachs for a bid to acquire bankrupt hotel chain Extended Stay.